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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Super Mario Bros. Star Blanket

I've been holding on to this project for a little bit, knowing that Ben and Sara read this blog. But now that their Super Mario Bros. nursery has been painted, I figured I would show off the labor of love I made to finish off their decorations.

My original baby blanket idea was actually a grid of different knitting stitch patterns, to help me learn how to do needlework with two sticks instead of one. After laboriously completing a mere 3 squares, I came to realize that knitting is a sport best left for sweaters and shawls, not afghans that must be completed under 9 months.

Luckily, I came across Melissa Mall's Starry, Starry Night baby blanket. It suddenly dawned on me: what if I did a creative twist to her pattern and made tons of tiny invisibility stars from Super Mario Bros.? Thus the idea was born, the yarn was bought, and my eyes bled yellow, white, and blue for a solid month. End result: a baby blanket worthy of geek royalty!

If you'd like more details about the hook size and types of yarn I used, see the notes on my Ravelry page.

Sure thing! For the small stars, I just made a single running stitch of black yarn for each eye. For the big star, I crocheted a black oval and then cut out a smaller white felt oval that was sewed on top of the black oval. Hope that helps. :)

I would love to start this project in the near future and I was wondering how you got the points on the blanket to curve? My mother and I were trying to figure it out and I decided I might as well ask the creator.